Usama Umer

Usama Umer obtained his B.E and M.S degrees in Mechanical Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan in 1998 and 2002 respectively. He did Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Automation from Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China in 2007. He worked as Quality Assurance officer in Philips/Whirlpool from Oct. 1998 to April 2002. He started teaching career in Nov. 2002 as Instructor in National University of Science in Technology (NUST), Pakistan. After Ph.D. he rejoined NUST as Assistant Professor in July 2007. Presently he is working as Assistant Professor in Advanced Manufacturing Institute at King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since Sep. 2012. His research interests include High Speed Machining, Modeling and Simulation of Manufacturing Operations, Laser Beam Machining and Optimization Methods in Manufacturing.